Drakengard 3’s Weapon Switching System In Action

Zero, the heroine (antagonist?) in Drakengard 3, is armed with a sword, spear, chakram, and claws. Players can switch weapons in battle and as seen in this livestream, each weapon is assigned to a different face button. Zero also has different combos assigned to each weapon.

The chakram has a lot of horizontal range but doesn’t deal as much damage. The sword that Zero switches to shaves more HP off enemies. Zero isn’t alone in the game, she has two companions traveling with her. Access Games, the developers behind Deadly Premonition and Lord of Apocalypse, are developing Drakengard 3 and they added more platforming elements. Good thing Zero has an air dash!

I watched this on the streaming and I was really impressed by how much the combat has improved since previous games: it seems even better than NieR’s. Honestly, the game seems fun! And jumping IS USEFUL!

I’m really glad Access games is handling this so well. Also, allies speak a lot, like on NieR! This is something I always thought Drakengard lacked, and you can switch weapons without stopping the game.

I really hope this is localized. If it’s not, maybe I’ll have to learn japanese.

Tom

I totally agree. And thumbs up for your avatar, I love Nier!

Crazy_O

Is this running on 60fps? I can understand the scaled down graphics if it does, would make the whole fighting much better.